Region 9 School of Applied Technology forestry student Robert McPherson watches as students cut 8- by 8-foot cants on the school’s new band sawmill in Mexico on Monday. MEXICO — High school forestry students from around the state gathered at Region 9 School of Applied Technology along with a crowd of paper and logging industry […]
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Household waste collection scheduled for June 11 at Region 9
MEXICO — A household hazardous materials collection will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11, at Region 9 School of Applied Technology on River Street. Patricia Duguay, executive director of the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition, said examples of household hazardous waste include cleaners, solvents, chemical lawn fertilizers, weed and insect killers, […]
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New culinary arts teacher tastes success
MEXICO — It’s been a little over six months since the Region 9 School of Applied Technology’s board unanimously hired former office administrator Deborah Nokes as the instructor for its new culinary arts program. As the program heads into the second half of its first year, Nokes said it has been extremely successful and she […]
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Region 9 students band together to build shed for paraplegic Hanover man
MEXICO – Students in the Region 9 School of Applied Technology employability skills class are building a woodshed for a disabled Hanover man. Instructor Jen Barlow said the shed will be donated to The Andy Project, a local fundraiser to build Andy Barlow a new home. Barlow has spina bifada, a birth defect where vertebrae […]
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Legislators to visit Region 9, logging company on jobs tour
MEXICO — A statewide jobs tour initiated by House Democratic Speaker Mark Eves will make a stop at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 30. Jodi Quintero, communications director for Eves, said Friday that Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, and Rep. Matt Peterson, D-Rumford, will speak to students […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Eustis: Eustis School Department Board of Directors, 5:30 p.m., Stratton School Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Newry: Annual town meeting, 7 p.m., Grange Hall Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Livermore Falls: RSU 73 Board of Directors budget workshop, 6 p.m., Central Office […]
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RVHCC holding smoking cessation program in February
MEXICO — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will hold a four-part smoking cessation workshop in February, employee Kelsey Arsenault said Wednesday. The program will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25, at the Region 9 Adult Education Center. The Feb. 18 meeting will be a one-on-one discussion via […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: Region 9 board, 6 p.m., River Road school Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Selectmen workshop, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Board of Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Mexico: Joint Selectmen’s meeting with Rumford, 6 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office […]
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Several Region 9 students enrolled in courses nontraditional for their gender
MEXICO — At least eight Region 9 School of Applied Technology students are crossing traditional gender lines to learn skills. Region 9 student services coordinator Cheryl Ellis told the board at its meeting Wednesday night that one boy is enrolled in the certified nursing assistant program. She said three girls are learning to maintain automobiles, […]